This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over McCandless Cleghorn Ditch alongside County Road K45 in Whiting

Whiting, Monona County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906 and 1913

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over McCandless Cleghorn Ditch

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Iowa Highway 3 in Humboldt

Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Humboldt County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1956

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over Iowa Highway 3

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 60 south of Carnes

Carnes, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This large stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Crooked Creek on the east side of Rolfe

Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Owner: Pocahontas County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Crooked Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge was built in 1951 to replace an older bridge of similar design

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1951

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
2-89' deck plate girder and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Winnebago River

Significance:

This double stone railtop culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line across an unnamed creek in Belmond

Belmond, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: City of Belmond

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
2-10' stone railtop culvert

Description:
Double stone railtop culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Hospers Drive south of Hospers

Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
24' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over a former alignment of 500th Street alongside Iowa Highway 60 near Carnes

Carnes, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Filled In

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
30' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over former alignment of 500th Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the East Fork Des Moines River south of Dakota City

Dakota City, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Humboldt County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
4-73' and 1-40' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over East Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This partially demolished Pratt through truss bridge carried the Illinois Central Railroad Onawa Branch across the Little Sioux River on the north side of Correctionville

Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned and Partially Removed

Built 1887 and 1911 using spans fabricated 1881

by

Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York; Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-175' and 2-123' Pratt through trusses and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Sioux River

Significance: